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British Shorthair
A chunky, round-faced cat with a plush dense short coat, famously blue-grey but found in many colours; quiet a…
Bearded Collie
A bouncy Scottish herding dog with a long, shaggy coat and a famously cheerful disposition.
Cameron Clawed Frog
An aquatic clawed frog of central Africa, smooth and fully aquatic.
Asian Narrow-mouthed / Painted Frog
A small burrowing frog with dark spots and a narrow mouth, hiding in soil and leaf litter.
Ceratophrys / Pacman Frog
A round, greedy horned frog that attempts to eat anything that moves, with a wide mouth nearly as wide as its …
Cane Toad
One of the largest toads, with large parotoid glands, an invasive species in Australia where it is highly toxi…
Dyeing Poison Frog
A large poison dart frog with black body and vivid yellow and blue markings, used traditionally to dye feather…
Chinese Gliding Tree Frog
A green tree frog of southern China with large webbed hands, gliding between trees.
Cuban Tree Frog
The largest tree frog in North America, gray-brown with variable patterns, invasive in Florida.
Black-spotted Pond Frog
The common 'green frog' of East Asia with black spots, abundant in ponds and rice fields.
Bullsnake
A large yellow-brown snake with dark blotches, a powerful constrictor of prairies, hisses loudly.
Egyptian Cobra
A large cobra of North Africa, brown to black, iconic in ancient Egyptian symbolism.
Gaboon Viper
A massive viper with the longest fangs of any snake and a beautiful geometric pattern.
Elephant Trunk Snake
A fully aquatic snake with loose, wrinkled skin and a small head, living in Southeast Asian rivers.
Indian Python
A large tan constrictor with a dark arrowhead mark on the head, native to the Indian subcontinent.
Green Anaconda
The heaviest snake in the world, a massive semi-aquatic constrictor of South American rivers and swamps.
Desert Iguana
A pale gray-brown iguana of arid deserts, tolerating extreme heat, herbivorous.
Ocellated Lizard
Europe's largest lacertid, green with blue ocelli spots, powerful and fast.
Five-lined Skink
A North American skink with five pale stripes, juveniles have a bright blue tail.
Common Chameleon
The only chameleon found in Europe, gray-green with the classic color-change behavior.
Savannah Monitor
A heavy-bodied terrestrial monitor of African savannas, hardy and frequently kept, but demanding.
Cuban Anole
A green anole with a high head crest and red dewlap, endemic to Cuba.
Red Tegu
A large reddish tegu of South America, omnivorous and adaptable.
Plateau Horned Lizard
A flat spiny lizard of rocky plateaus, feeding on ants.
